Masashi Yokohama Works Onishi

Dispersion flattened transmission line consisting of wide-band non-zero dispersion shifted fiber and dispersion compensating fiber module

The transmission line consisting of non-zero dispersion shifted fibers (NZ–DSFs) and dispersion compensating fiber (DCF) modules has been proposed to enable the wide-band wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) transmission. The NZ–DSFs with the effective area over 60 μm2 and the dispersion of +5–11 ps/nm/km (1500–1600 nm) have been developed to suppress the transmission penalty caused by the four-wave mixing. The DCF modules which compensate for the dispersion and the dispersion slope simultaneously have also been realized. To enhance the figure of merit (FOM) of the DCF by enlarging the absolute value of its dispersion is found to be an effective way to reduce the non-linear effects occuring in the DCF. The transmission line actually fabricated based on the optimized design exhibits an extremely low dispersion deviation of ±0.08 ps/nm/km in the C band.

Design optimization of dispersion compensating fibers and their packaging techniques

AbstractDesign optimization of dispersion compensating fibers (DCFs) based on the fundamental mode is described considering the packaging technique. Optical performances of the DCF modules are mainly limited by the macro-, micro-bending loss and the polarization mode dispersion that strongly depend on the module structure. Two types of DCF modules are demonstrated as examples. Bobbin-less module structure that mitigates the bending limit is also described.